2016 Elections

Who Decides When the Party Doesn’t? Authoritarian Voters and the Rise of Donald Trump by Matthew C. MacWilliams, University of Massachusetts Amherst While the party decides theory explains the outcomes of past nomination battles for president, […]

Conditional Arbiters: The Limits of Political Party Influence in Presidential Nominations by Wayne P. Steger, DePaul University The 2016 Republican presidential nomination challenges arguments about political party insiders’ influence on the outcome.  Party insiders can influence […]

Party versus Faction in the Reformed Presidential Nomination System Marty Cohen, James Madison University David Karol, University of Maryland Hans Noel, (@ProfHansNoel), Georgetown University John Zaller, University of California, Los Angeles Political scientists have devoted vastly more attention to general […]

Please Clap: Applause, Laughter, and Booing during the 2016 GOP Presidential Primary Debates Patrick A. Stewart, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville Austin D. Eubanks, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville Jason Miller, University of Arkansas,Fayetteville The 2016 Republican Party presidential primary debates were […]

A Not-So-Calamitous Compact–A Response to DeWitt and Schwartz by John R. Koza, National Popular Vote (@natlpopularvote) The author of the National Popular Vote interstate compact refutes criticisms raised by opponents Darin DeWitt and Thomas Schwartz.  The […]

A Calamitous Compact Darin DeWitt, California State University, Long Beach Thomas Schwartz, University of California, Los Angeles The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (joined so far by ten states and D.C.) would replace the current presidential-election system, […]

Twitter Taunts and Tirades: Negative Campaigning in the Age of Trump Justin H. Gross, (@justinhgross), University of Massachusetts, Amherst Kaylee T. Johnson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst What drives candidates to “go negative” and against which opponents? Using a […]

Definitely Not Moralistic: State Political Culture and Support for Donald Trump in the Race for the 2016 Republican Presidential Nomination by Patrick I. Fisher, Seton Hall University This study analyzes the important role state political culture […]